Supplemental lifting finger for reciprocating cutters



P. V. DYE

May 15, 1 951 SUPPLEMENTAL LIFTING FINGER FOR RECIPROC ATING CUTTERS Filed April 22, 1947 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 a, INVENTOR.

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May 15, 1951 P. v. DYE 2,552,623

SUPPLEMENTAL LIFTING FINGER FOR RECIPROCATING CUTTERS Filed April 22, 1947 I5 Sheets-Sheet 2 [NI EN TOR.

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May 15, 1951 P. v. DYE 2,552,623

SUPPLEMENTAL LIFTING FINGER FOR RECIP ROCATI-NG CUTTERS Filed April 22, 1947 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 I9 8 I 92 2 7x 26 i r j INVENTOR.

28 v a 2'51? ATTORNEYL- Patented May 15, 1951 OFFICE SUPPLEMENTAL LIFTING FINGER FOR RECIPROCATING CUTTERS Paul V. Dye, Wichita, Kans.

Application April 22, 1947, Serial No. 743,019

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to an improvement in knee action pick-up guards for sickle bars. An object of this device is to provide a pick-up device of the kind mentioned that is simple in construction, easy and quick to attach to a sickle bar, durable and long lived, one that is inexpensive to make and sell, and one that is exceptionally efficient in doing its work, and one that can be readily attached to any one of several designs of sickle bars. These and other objects will be more fully described as this description progresses.

Now referring to the accompanying drawings in which similar numerals of reference designate the same parts throughout the several figures of the drawings; Fig. 1 is an end view of an auger type conveyor and sickle assembly and other associated parts, and showing my improved pick-up device installed thereon.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end view similar to that shown in Fig. 1 except that the sickle bar is a different shape from that shown in Fig. 1, and showing my improved pick-up device attached thereto.

Fig. 4 is a top plan detail view of the improved pick-up device.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail cross sectional view of one type of sickle bar and illustrating the method of attaching my improved pick-up device thereto.

Fig. 6 is a view the same as that shown in Fig. 5 and showing a different design of sickle bar.

Fig. '7 is an enlarged detail sectional and side view of the pick-up guard and its mounting.

- Fig. 8 is a rear View of a portion of the device shown in Fig. 7, the view being as seen from the line VIII-VIII in Fig. 7 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 is a front view of a modified form of attachment of the pick-up device to the sickle bar; the view being as seen from the line IX-IX in Fig. 10 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail side and sectional view of the modified form of attachment mentioned and shown in Fig. 9.

Fig. 1.1 is a detail side View of a portion of the pick-up guard and movement limiting device therefor and showing a modified form of their attachment to the stringer rod therefor, the View being as seen from the line XIXI in Fig. 13 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 12 is a bottom plan view of the elements shown in Fig. 11, the view being as seen from the line XIIXII in Fig. 11 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

In the drawings is shown a sickle-bar bracket 14 which, as shown in Figures 1, 2, 6 and 10 as being an angle iron or L -shaped piece having one leg a turned downwardly and the other leg I) 2 turned rearwardly, or as shown in Figures 3 and 5, the sickle-bar bracket Ila has one leg 11 set vertically and the other leg 19 turned rearwardly.

The machine is provided with a curved troughlike element [5, the front edge of which either passes over or under the horizontal leg 2) or b of the angle iron bracket It and is rigidly attached thereto by bolts or rivets l6, and an auger I! is positioned and is operable in the trough I6.

Sickle guards I 8 are bolted either to the vertical leg 11 of the angle iron H! as shown in Fig. 6, or to the horizontal leg b as shown in Fig. 5 and are so held by bolts l9 and nuts 20 which is standard construction.

My improved pick-up guard comprises a rather long substantially V-shaped frame, the lower'leg 2| of which is preferably made of a piece of flat or strap material, the front end 2m of which is curved or tipped upwardly and is drawn to a comparatively sharp point as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The upper leg 22 of the frame or pick-up guard is preferably made of a round rod 22. One end of the rod 22 is welded to the outer or front end portion 2 la of the lower leg 2| at a point a little in rear of the extreme point of the portion 2m and extends upwardly and rearwardly therefrom and thence rearwardly in a position substantially parallel with the lower leg 2| of the guard. A

strut or brace element 23 is positioned between the forward portions of the legs2l and 22 and the ends of the brace 23 are welded, one to each leg 2i and 22.

The pick-up guards are spaced apart and the rear end of the lower leg 2! of each guard is welded to the under side of a rod 24.

The device is provided with a plurality of guard stationing bars 25, one end of which is welded to the under side of the rod 24 and the bars 25 extend rearwardly from the rod 24 and the rear ends of the bars 25 rest against the under side of the trough element iii to support the pick-up guards in an upwardly tipped or horizontal position as will later be described. The rod 24 is rockably seated and carried in a plurality of hook elements 26. Each hook element 26 has a leg portion 21, the upper end of which, as shown in Figures 3 and 5, is turned in an L shape 21a, or as shown in Figures 1 and 6, the leg 21 is straight. The upper end of the leg 2'! or the L 21a is provided with a hole through which the bolt l9 passes to rigidly bind and hold the hook shank 21 on the sickle bar leg (1 or b as the case may be and as will be readily understood.

When the rod 24 is seated in the hooks 25 and the rear end of the bars 25 rest against the bottom of the trough E5, the rear portion of the lower leg M will be positioned below the sickle guard l8 and the outer or front end of the lower leg 2! of the pick-up guard will extend well in advance of the outer end of the sickle guard l3 and support the rear end of the upper leg 22 of the pickup guard in an elevated position over the sickle guard I8 as clearly shownin Fig. 3.

To attach thesdevice to a sickle bar, a bolt-l9 7 may, one for each support hook shank 27, be removed from the sickle bar bracket and the sup-1w port shank 21 placed in position and the bolt !9 replaced through the hook supportashank 21;".

sickle guard l8 and sickle bar bracket leg-a or "bi."

The hook shank elements 21 having thpsmbeeng mounted, the rod 24 may be laid in the series of hooks 26 with the rear ends of the =bars=25= resting against the bottom of the trough l5 and thede-H- vice is ready for use.

1 7 F g r s l nd 1 ho n a. modified form 1 of-the'mounting otthe.support bar 25 on the rod 24 In this design the. support bar 25 is provided with" a hook-like 'formation 25a thatf ts around therqd-Zk'andtis provided Withva slotzfi therein through which :a. bolt"29. passes an is threaded into thelrodgl l. This arrangement'permits the. pick -upguards to be,;adj u sted relative to their degree of-tip toward or away from thenground,

This adjustmentmay-be made by unscrewing the bolt ZQ'sufilGientlythat the bar 25+25a is loose n'the 'rod 24"whereupon the bar Z may berocked around the rodEt to the desired-positiqnand the bolt 29*may then'be tightened to rigidly'bindand:

hold th e bar 25 andthe pick-up guards in ltheir relative adju'sted'positions.

d ihef' i sp i w t a rs f ro ectin T small ear-like elementsBfl and Si a-that are spaced apart? and positioned, one-on either side Of the hQpkieJements 26 to prevent end? movement of the rod 24. v

I-fdesired the rod 24 may b provided with a more substantial mounting such as that; shown in Fig nTesQ-and' In thesefig ures the mounting device-is shown as being a hinge arrangement in which thehup per leg 21: of the hinge is attached to -the-leg a of the sickle bar bracket l4 the-sameasthepreviously describedhookleg 21 is attachedthereto, andthe lower 1eg-21y ispro- Vided'with the hook25 'in' which the rod 2,4 is

sea-tedand is welded thereto.

7 The adjacent ends. af -the hinge legelements 21d: and 27g are'bent into eye formations 27v and 21w anda heavy cotter 'pin 3l=-is passed throughthe eyes 21v and "-em-plpyed aslie within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit and intention ohthe invention. Now having fully shown and described my invention, what I claim is:

na p ck-up uard ass mb a e and han er,

ce therefor, a shaft; and ei liiral t i f i kr guards thereon and rigidly attached thereto; in spacedapart and the same relative'positions; and: i' tmeansrattachable to; the sicklejbari of a cutting: devicev for vrockablyf 'supportingsaid shaftin av spaced distance belowand in rear of the forward" edge of thesickle bar, said means for supporting" said shaft beinga plurality'of hook elementsthat are attachable to the aforementioned sickle bar;

said shaft being carried in the hook portion of; said hook elements, and meansrigidly attached to. saidsha ti lt n a n o her p r s, of he machine for limiting the rocking movements of; said i shaft.an rickrun ards thereon, h e p t nofsaid hook. eleme t ha neahin e i t he n 0 permit. av ubst ntial. QI Id nds fi l swinging movement of the said shaft and pick-up.

guards carr ed t ereb d als o e cess of assembly and disassembly of the said shaft n and quto t sa d ok r 7 PAUL v DYE;

I REFERENCE S m Theufollowingireferencesare-of record in the file of this patent:

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